# South Korea Korea: Business activities (BOK ECOS)

South Korea Korea: Business activities (BOK ECOS) was up 4.5% year on year in Q2 2026, compared with 4.0% in Q1 2026.
The level stood at 52,506 ₩ billion.
That is the highest reading since Q1 2024.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −0.7% (Q4 2024) to 12.4% (Q3 2023), averaging 5.5%.

- Source agency: Bank of Korea
- Makrognosis code: `KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-1115`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: ₩ billion
- Coverage: 2016-01-01 to 2026-04-01 (42 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/south-korea/korea-business-activities-bok-ecos-nominal-quarterly

## Recent data

| Period | Value | Y/Y % |
|---|---:|---:|
| Q2 2026 | 52,506 ₩ billion | 4.5 |
| Q1 2026 | 51,908 ₩ billion | 4.0 |
| Q4 2025 | 51,509 ₩ billion | 3.6 |
| Q3 2025 | 51,909 ₩ billion | 3.6 |
| Q2 2025 | 50,241 ₩ billion | 0.5 |
| Q1 2025 | 49,928 ₩ billion | 0.2 |
| Q4 2024 | 49,708 ₩ billion | −0.7 |
| Q3 2024 | 50,107 ₩ billion | 1.1 |
| Q2 2024 | 49,980 ₩ billion | 2.5 |
| Q1 2024 | 49,844 ₩ billion | 4.8 |
| Q4 2023 | 50,074 ₩ billion | 9.9 |
| Q3 2023 | 49,562 ₩ billion | 12.4 |
| Q2 2023 | 48,779 ₩ billion | 9.6 |
| Q1 2023 | 47,565 ₩ billion | 9.4 |
| Q4 2022 | 45,572 ₩ billion | 7.2 |
| Q3 2022 | 44,090 ₩ billion | 5.6 |
| Q2 2022 | 44,515 ₩ billion | 7.5 |
| Q1 2022 | 43,459 ₩ billion | 7.5 |
| Q4 2021 | 42,520 ₩ billion | 6.0 |
| Q3 2021 | 41,747 ₩ billion | 5.6 |
| Q2 2021 | 41,419 ₩ billion | 8.5 |
| Q1 2021 | 40,413 ₩ billion | 4.0 |
| Q4 2020 | 40,098 ₩ billion | 2.7 |
| Q3 2020 | 39,537 ₩ billion | 3.4 |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-1115"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/KR.GDP.Q.NOM.ITEM-1115",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```